AFRICAN WAS A VESSEL OF 774 TONS. SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO AND MADE
THREE VOYAGES DOWN TO AUCKLAND FOR THE COMPANY. HER FIRST VOYAGE WAS FROM LONDON TO
AUCKLAND, VIA PLYMOUTH IN 1859. SHE LEFT LONDON ON THE 7TH OCTOBER ARRIVING PLYMOUTH ON
THE 11TH. THENCE FROM PLYMOUTH TO AUCKLAND ARRIVING ON 30TH JANUARY 1860. HER SECOND
VOYAGE FOR THE COMPANY WAS IN 1861 FROM PORTSMOUTH TO AUCKLAND LEAVING ON 8TH FEBRUARY AND
ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND ON 8TH JUNE. IN 1862 SHE SAILED FROM LONDON TO AUCKLAND, LEAVING ON
THE 12TH MAY 1862 AND ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND ON THE 27TH AUGUST. THE MASTER OF THE VESSEL ON
ALL THREE TRIPS WAS CAPTAIN GIBSON.